Set 3: Jura novit curia - Nemo judex in sua causa - Brocards | Legal Typing Course

Place your fingers on the home row, then type the first N to begin.

Nemo dat quod non habet - [6] The basic rule that a person who does not own property (e.g. a thief) cannot confer it on another except with the true owner's authority (i.e. as his agent). Exceptions to this rule include sales under statutory powers, and cases where the doctrine of estoppel prevents a legal owner from denying a seller's right to sell.⏎
Nemo ius ignoratur censetur - "Not knowing the law is harmful." Everyone should know the law. This is used in European Law-countries with a history of Roman law, the 'sentence' was first made by Aristotle.⏎
Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans - "No one can be heard, who invokes his own guilt." Nobody can bring a case that stems from their own illegal act.⏎
Lex retro non agit - "The law does not operate retroactively." A law cannot make something illegal that was legal at the time it was performed. See ex post facto law.⏎
Lex specialis derogat legi generali - "A law governing a specific subject matter overrides a law which only governs general matters."